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Granny Sends Grandson Fake €100 Note

A 19-year-old man who was caught spending a counterfeit note was shocked to learn that his grandmother had forged it as a gift for passing his exams. He should have read the accompanying letter she sent him.

DPA

Better check that note. Could be a photocopy.

The store cashier immediately spotted the note was fake and called the police. "The young man was completely surprised, and said his granny had sent him the note by mail for passing his exams," police in the western city of Oberhausen said in a statement on Sunday

"He couldn't believe his granny had become a counterfeiter."

The grandmother explained that she had indeed photocopied a real €100 bank note and sent it to her grandson.

But he had evidently been in too much of a hurry to spend the cash to read the accompanying letter which contained the crucial sentence: "This is a copy, I'll transfer the real hundred euros to your bank account."

"The moral of the tale: it's not only love that makes you blind, money does too," said police.

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